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COMPOSITIONS

AND ARRANGEMENTS

NEW AND UPCOMING WORKS

Led by:
THE TROUBLED EUPHS

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The Troubled Euphs are a euphonium trio founded in 2021 by Drew Leslie, Dr. Ian Lester, and Jared Sherman, all students at UMKC at the time of the ensemble’s inception. The trio's objective to commission and perform new music for their instrumentation has resulted in ten new works for the medium, many of which were composed by local Kansas City-area composers. The trio has recently joined a consortium featuring Fernando Deddos as the composer of a new work for low brass trio. The trio has been recognized for their talents, earning high placements at the NABBA Competition and the ITEC Chamber Music Competition. The trio has been excitedly preparing their repertoire for the three regional conferences they’ve been honored to be invited to in the Spring of 2024, those being the South Central Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference, the South East Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference, and the Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference.

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New Consortium Opportunity!

ESCAPE VELOCITY

for flex low brass trio and fixed media (heavy metal band)

MEMBERS RECEIVE:

  • FULLY-NOTATED PARTS AND SCORE

    • Treble clef and bass clef parts with multiple transpositions for performing on horn, trombone, euphonium, and /or tuba - in any combination!

  • PROFESSIONALLY MIXED AND MASTERED BACKING TRACK

  • EXCLUSIVE PRE-PUBLICATION PERFORMANCE RIGHTS THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2024

  • YOUR NAME IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS!

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The Human Element

Join me on an epic musical journey as I tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time – climate change.

 

I'm thrilled to introduce "The Human Element" – an electrifying album that fuses the power of heavy metal with the brilliance of the tuba!

This project and its digital promotion is supported in part by a grant from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council.

SHARK ATTACK

"Shark Attack" brings the intensity and aggression of nu-metal, the melodicism and driving force of instrumental progressive metal, and the full sonic power of the tuba to bear in this barn-burner for your next recital program!

EVENT HORIZON

FOR TROMBONE, CIMBASSO (OR BASS TROMBONE/TUBA), AND FIXED MEDIA (HEAVY METAL BAND)

Event Horizon is a musical imagining of humans crossing the event horizon of a black hole and colonizing an uninhabited world far beyond Earth. This new world becomes the next frontier for humankind: the settlement of a new dimension of the universe. Equal parts mysterious, crushingly heavy, strangely groovy, and highly virtuosic, Event Horizon is sure to spark the imaginations of audiences everywhere.

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This work was commissioned by the Loud and Louder duo: Jarrod Williams and Stephen Ivany.

 

Thank you to each of our consortium members:

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Douglas Black

Todd Cranson and Amy Laursen

Jeremy Crawford

Leanne Hanson

Jason Hausback

William Mann

Jesse Orth

David Saltzman

John Tranter

Bill Waterman

Mary Watson

Tom Yan

OMEN

for trumpet and heavy metal band

HEAVY METAL CONCERTO

The tuba concerto that started it all...

LIST OF WORKS

BASS TROMBONE

Graveyard of the Gods - 2024 (with fixed media/heavy metal band)

 

Bone to Pick - 2017 (with piano)

BRASS ENSEMBLES

Aura - 2019 (euphonium, tuba, piano, narration by instrumentalists)

  • duration – 00:05:53

  • Composed for Conviviality - James Long (euphonium), Brendan Ige (tuba), and Amy Ige (piano)

  • Recording

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Blue Ridge - 2019 (4.3.3.euph.1 – t.4p)

  • duration – 00:10:27

  • For the Brevard Music Center brass ensemble

  • Recording​

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Piano Trio No. 1 - 2019 (two tubas, piano)

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Presence - 2018 (euphonium, tuba, piano)

  • duration – 00:07:41

  • For Conviviality

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Reflections on the Bottom of the Sun - 2018 (horn, trombone, piano)​

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Springing Upward from the Earth - 2018 (horn, euphonium, vibraphone)​​

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The open music connects the ink. - 2018 (3 trombones, 1 tuba)​

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Triptych - 2020 (horn, trombone, tuba)

  • duration – 00:14:12

  • Commissioned by Dr. Chris Dickey for the Crimson Brass Trio (Washington State University)

  • Purchase

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Wondering - 2018 (3 trombones, 1 tuba)

  • duration – 00:05:46

BRASS ENSEMBLES [with fixed media/heavy metal band]

Tapestry - 2024 (trumpet & tuba, Upcoming)

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Escape Velocity - 2024 (flex low brass trio)

  • duration – 00:05:06

  • Parts configurations:

    • ​​Part 1 - Horn (F), Tenor Trombone, Euphonium (BC or TC)
      Part 2 - Horn (F), Tenor Trombone, Euphonium (BC or TC), Tuba
      Part 3 - Horn (F), Tenor Trombone, Bass Trombone, Euphonium (BC or TC), Tuba

  • Commissioned by The Troubled Euphs

  • Pre-Order

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Event Horizon - 2022 (trombone, cimbasso/tuba)

  • duration – 00:18:16

  • Commissioned by Jarrod Williams and Stephen Ivany

  • Purchase

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BRASS QUINTET

Contemplation - arr. 2020

  • Composed by Alejandro Monestel (1865-1950)

  • duration â€“ 00:04:26

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New World Fanfare - 2019

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The Pathway of Fear - 2014

  • duration – 00:05:39

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Scorpius - 2020

  • duration â€“ 00:08:09

  • Honorable Mention â€“ Mirari Brass Quintet Call for Scores 2021

CONCERT BAND

Frontiers (grade 3) - 2020 (1.1.2.2.bcl.alto.tenor.bari - 2.2.2.euph.1 - timp.glock.xylo.perc(2): bd - sd/cym/claves)

  • duration â€“ 00:03:58

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Luminous Horizon (grade 4-5) - 2020 (picc.2.1.2.3.bcl.alto.tenor.bari - 2.2.2.btbn.euph.1 - timp.glock.xylo.vib.marimba.chimes.perc(3):cym/crash/toms(2)/sd - bd - cym)

  • duration – 00:05:20

  • Winner – Warren County Summer Music School Promising Young Composers Competition

CONCERTI

Concerto in One Movement - 2019 (solo tuba - pic.2.2.2.1.2.alto.tenor.bari - 2.2.3.euph.1 - t.6p)

  • duration – 00:09:43

  • Dedicated to the West Boca Raton High School Vanguard​​

EUPHONIUM-TUBA ENSEMBLE

Among the Stately Pines - 2021

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Shadow Dreams - 2016​


A Throne Beside the Sea - 2014

  • duration – 00:06:30

EUPHONIUM-TUBA QUARTET

As Glass - 2017​​

  • duration – 00:06:44

 

Elegy for a Gardener - 2016 (with narration)

  • duration – 00:10:49 (two movements)

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Tuba Quartet No. 2 - 2017​​

  • duration – 00:17:05 (three movements)

 

Tuba Quartet No. 1 - 2014, revised 2017​

HORN

Shadows of the Restless Soul - 2024 (concerto for horn with fixed media/heavy metal band)

  • duration – 00:15:44 (three movements)

  • Commissioned by Dr. Selena Boyda

  • Purchase

HORN CHOIR

Taps - arr. 2019 (version for 5 horns)

  • duration â€“ 00:02:18

  • originally for the Brevard Music Center Trombone Choir

  • Purchase

PIANO

Under a Hooded Carolina Sky - 2018-19

  • duration – 00:07:06

  • For Mary Grace Ellerbee

TROMBONE CHOIR

Taps - arr. 2019

  • duration â€“ 00:02:18

  • for the Brevard Music Center Trombone Choir

  • Purchase

TRUMPET

Omen - 2021 (solo trumpet, electric guitars, bass guitar, synths, drums)

TUBA [with fixed media/heavy metal band]

The Quantum Nomad - 2024 (Upcoming)

  • for tuba/euphonium doubler

  • Commissioned by Arturo Galvan

  • duration – ca. 00:05:00

 

The Human Element - 2024

  • Full length album including:

    • Oceanic Ignition, The Understory, Path to Serenity, Lockdown, Sixth Extinction, Reclamation, Blossom, Firestorm, and Phoenix Terra​

  • duration – 00:46:03

  • Purchase

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Shark Attack - 2022

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Heavy Metal Concerto - 2021

  • Commissioned by David Saltzman

  • duration – 00:14:53 (three movements)​

TUBA AND PERCUSSION

The Engulfed Cathedral (La cathedrale engloutie) - arr. 2018

  • Composed by Claude Debussy (1910)

  • duration – 00:05:58

  • for tuba, marimba, and vibraphone (one or two percussionists)

  • Purchase

TUBA AND PIANO

False Promise - 2024 (Upcoming)

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Synchronous Fireflies - 2020

  • duration – 00:06:27

  • optional single-performer percussion part (vibraphone, ride cymbal, triangle, hi-hat)

  • Commissioned by Dr. Chris Combest

  • Purchase

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My Home Shall Be Eternal - 2018

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Sonata for Tuba and Piano - 2017

 

the book of moonlight - 2016-'17​

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Time-Lapse - 2023

UNACCOMPANIED TUBA

Climate Strike - 2020

  • duration – 00:07:53

  • Winner of the 2020 Call for Scores, Leonard Falcone International Euphonium/Tuba Festival

  • Recording

  • Purchase

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Elegy - 2018 (amplified with bass guitar effects pedals)

  • duration – 00:11:13

  • Dedicated to the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

VOICE

shadows, mirrors - 2018 (soprano, piano)

  • duration – 00:05:10

  • dedicated to Julia Woodward

WOODWINDS

Under the Skin - 2024 (heckelphone/bass oboe or tenor saxophone and fixed media/heavy metal band)

  • duration – 00:12:09

  • Commissioned by Dr. Timothy Michling

  • Purchase

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Cigar City Fanfare - 2022 (flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon)

  • duration – 00:03:21

  • Commsioned by Dr. Colton Wansitler for Pure Winds

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Footprints - 2020 (alto flute, vibraphone)

  • duration – 00:07:01

  • ​Written for Dr. Nicholas Buonanni

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Low Reed Quintet - 2019 (english horn, B-flat clarinet, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, bassoon)

  • duration – 00:09:13

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Sonatine for flute and piano - 2021 (flute, piano)

  • duration – 00:09:37

  • Commissioned by Dr. Colton Wansitler

  • Purchase

Should you wish to perform one of Evan's self-published works, please use the contact button below; links to purchase music via Cimarron Music Press and Just a Theory Press are included in the above listings. Please use the contact button for commission inquiries as well.

 

Please send your performance date, time, location, and a scanned copy or photo of the concert program after the performance. This helps Evan keep track of performances, and supports the creation of future works. Thank you!

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